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July 3, 2009

National Career Development Association

Board of Directors Meeting

July 3, 2009 - St. Louis, MO

MINUTES 

Present: President Pat Schwallie-Giddis, President-Elect Cheri Butler, Past President Judy Hoppin, Treasurer Marsha Boettger, Secretary Linda Kobylarz, Trustee-at-Large Rebecca Dedmond Trustee-at-Large Alberto Puertas, Western Trustee Charles Lehman, Southern Trustee Ronald Cathey, Midwest Trustee Brian Taber, North Atlantic Trustee Mark Danaher, Governing Council Representative Spencer Niles, and Executive Director Deneen Pennington.

 

Guests

Robert Reardon (Publications Development Committee Chair); Garry Walz and Jeanne Bleuer (Vistas Project); Francina Carter (National Institute of Corrections - NIC); and Martha Russell (contractor for NIC)

Meeting called to order at 10:00 AM CDT (Schwallie-Giddis)

Welcome (Schwallie-Giddis)

Roll Call (Kobylarz)                         Quorum established

 

Publications Development Committee Update - Robert Reardon

Update report and discussion of NCDA publications.

 

Ice Breaker Session to get to know each other. (Schwallie-Giddis)

Conference Highs:

  • Great topics on the presentations
  • Loved the facilities; it was spread out and the walks gave more networking opportunities
  • Pace of the conference was ideal
  • Vendors
  • Diversity of conference participants - all work settings, all cultures, etc.
  • Practitioner focus was successful
  • St. Louis as a city; hotel staff in particular; need to write a letter to Marriott corporate
  • Excellent leadership of Board, committee chairs, volunteers, etc.
  • Family atmosphere; connection of members
  • Denise's keynote; Jim Bright's keynote
  • Graphics for the conference; literature was great
  • Lots of younger people

 

Conference Lows:

  • Timing of regional meetings - valuable but need a better time
  • More emphasis on emerging careers; global issues; working with adults and older populations; recruiting topics
  • Participants list by region; electronically sent in advance; by state
  • More international presence; social networking
  • Improve Ambassador Program
  • Keynote focus on global theme
  • More tangible things to take home; more handouts
  • Evaluations of presenters
  • Photographs of awards winners
  • Add the luncheon as part of the conference fee
  • Candidates need own booth
  • Annual Meeting too late in the day
  • Access to handouts from sessions they missed
  • Include Graduate Students in more presentations
  • Add graduate student representative to the Board
  • Include tracks in the conference program

 

Approval of the Agenda (Schwallie-Giddis)

Motion #1 

Move to accept agenda.

Moved by: Puertas

Seconded by: Butler

Motion passed: 11-0

 

Welcome New Board Members/Conference Review (Schwallie-Giddis)

 

11:00 AM Kobylarz leaves meeting to deliver conference workshop.

               

Garry Walz and Jeanne Bleuer, Vistas Project

Vistas is a digital database created after the ERIC eliminated the counseling/career guidance research collection. Vistas was started in 2004 and is a collection of papers based on conference presentations from ACA, ACES, and NCDA. This resource is peer reviewed and funded by ACA. They are seeking NCDA's involvement in the 2010 Vistas project and would like assistance with marketing and solicitation of papers.  Authors must be ACA members in order to be included.

 

Francina Carter, National Institute of Corrections

OWDS was started in 2001 through a cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Corrections. Teams of 12 come to the OWDS Training, which is a corrections related CDF Curriculum. NCDA's honor of Doug Burris, Chief of the Office of Probation and Parole, Eastern District of MO, with the Legislative Award was evidence of the connection and impressive data that has resulted from the OWDS program.  They have started the National Offender Workforce Development Partnership including many government agencies that are involved with offender reentry.  They are including Voc Rehab people in the next training.

 

Motion #2 

Move to continue involvement in the ACA Vistas project per the new guidelines.

Moved by: Niles

Seconded by: Puertas

Motion Passed: 10-0

 

Suggestions for the 2010 Conference from the Brain Trust

  • Host awards throughout the general sessions to shorten the Awards Luncheon.
  • NCDA will host the US Army at the second general session.
  • Change the name of the Brain Trust.
  • For region meetings, combine two regions so that there will be two meetings instead of four

 

Other information for 2010: International Symposium will be hosted on Monday-Tuesday,

June 28-29 as a pre-conference.  International roundtables will be included on the conference program.

 

Motion #3

Move to form a Centennial Planning Committee that will be responsible for exploring ideas for programming and publication of materials to celebrate NCDA's 100th Year.

Moved by: Butler

Second by: Hoppin

Motion Passed: 10-0

 

Hoppin, Taber, Butler, and Cathey will be part of the committee.  Develop press kits for state divisions, sister associations, and other organizations.

 

Kobylarz returns to the meeting.

 

Committee Liaison Assignments (Schwallie-Giddis)

The Board discussed the status of each committee.

Suggestions:

  • Board liaison communicates regularly with committee chair regarding plans and progress.
  • More information on the LA grads and what they are doing now.
  • List of committee members and more structure when committees meet at the conference.
  • Maybe host an orientation conference call for committee chairs.

 

2009-2010 Committees - Board Liaison and Chairperson 

 

Committee

NCDA Board Liaison

Committee Chair

ACA Awards Nominations

Cheri Butler

Cheri Butler

Archives

Deneen Pennington

Deneen Pennington

Awards

Cheri Butler

Mary Ellen Earnhardt

Brain Trust

Judith Hoppin

Judith Hoppin

Bylaws

Deneen Pennington

Jon Wilgeroth

Career Convergence

Ron Cathey

Melanie Reinersman

Career Development Mag.

Ron Cathey

Melanie Reinersman

Career Development Quarterly

Spencer Niles

Jerry Trusty

CDF Advisory Council

Rebecca Dedmond

Rob Seemann

Cultural Diversity

Linda Kobylarz

Julia Elliott

Eminent Career Award

Judith Hoppin

Duane Brown

Ethics

Brian Taber

Julia Panke Makela

Fellows

Judith Hoppin

James Sampson

Government Relations

Rebecca Dedmond

Thomas Stowell

International Career Issues

Alberto Puertas

Jane Goodman

Long-Range Planning

Cheri Butler

Cheri Butler

Membership

Mark Danaher

Kevin Glavin

Mentoring

Alberto Puertas

Kevin Stoltz

NCDA-ACES Commission

Rebecca Dedmond

Tracy Lara

NCDA Conference Program

Pat Schwallie-Giddis

Doris Coy

National Career Development Month

Mark Danaher

Michelle Beese

Nomination and Elections

Judith Hoppin

Judith Hoppin

Professional Development

Linda Kobylarz

Denise Harris

Professional Standards

Brian Taber

Belinda McCharen

Public Policy Council

Spencer Niles

Martha Russell

Publications Development Council

Marsha Boettger

Robert Reardon

Research

Charles Lehman

Mark Rehfuss

State Division and Field Services

Charles Lehman

Charles Lehman

Website

Ron Cathey

Melanie Reinersman

 

OLD BUSINESS

•1.       LA Committee Report and Recommendations to Board (Lehman and Trustees)

Lehman delivers report with following recommendations:

  • a. Continue Leadership Academy.
  • b. Maintain annual schedule.
  • c. Participants - 8/year (2 from each region), applications sent to and selections made by Regional Trustee, Trustee acts as mentor.
  • d. LA project topics proposed by Board and NCDA Committee Chairs.
  • e. Procedures: Mentors meet with LA participants at the conference; set deadlines; participants must file progress reports with the Chair; Coordinator works with NCDA headquarters to follow-up on reports an administrative matters.
  • f. Completion - no carry over except in extreme emergencies.
  • g. Immediately prior to acceptance, applicants must have 3 years consecutive state or NCDA membership and must provide plan to stay involved as leaders for at least 2 years at the state and/or national level after LA completion.

 

Motion #4

Move that the LA Committee recommendations be accepted with the decision on number of participants to be held until budget finalization.

Moved by: Lehman

Second by: Puertas

Motion Passed: 11-0

 

 

 

2.  Approval of CDQ Editorial Board Members (Niles/Trusty)

Motion #5

Move that the following be accepted to serve as members of the CDQ Editorial Board starting August 1, 2009 - through July 30, 2011: Steven D. Brown, Catalina D'Achiardi-Ressler, Norman C. Gysbers, Kenneth F. Hughey, Janet G. Lenz, Heather Z. Lyons, Wendy Patton, Mark Pope, Davie M. Reile, and Barbara H. Suddarth.

Moved by: Puertas

Second by: Butler

Motion Passed: 11-0

Discussion:

Hoppin reminds group that if Chair wants to add a new member to the CDQ Editorial Board the NCDA Board must approve.

 

NEW BUSINESS - PLANNING FOR THE NEW YEAR

1. Board Schedule

Tentative Board Schedule for the year set - Schwallie-Giddis will confirm and send out calendar.

2. October 2009 Board Retreat  

Brainstorming and strategic planning, meet headquarters' staff, review LA projects/reports for items/issues that might inform strategic planning, seek ideas from LA participants and Committee Chairs, Hoppin to send Schwallie-Giddis notes from the regional meetings, key focus: revenue generating activities and products.

3.  Plans and Ideas for the 2010 Conference

  • Green information, green track...any emerging areas.
  • International round tables.
  • See suggestions above in 2009 conference review.

 

Butler leaves the meeting at 2:15

 

4.  FY 2009-2010 Budget - How to Increase Our Revenues

  • Explore webinars (Ray Davis, SC has offered to partner with NCDA on production) what topics, presenters, cost, production.
  • Film selected conference program presentations and sell as CD's, DVD's.
  • More professional development in a variety of venues.

 

Motion #6

Move to have a continuing resolution to continue to pay NCDA expenses from

July 3, 2009 until a new 2009-2010 budget is created and approved.

Moved by: Hoppin

Second by: Cathey

Motion Passed: 10-0

Discussion:

  • Schwallie-Giddis, Boettger, Lambert, and Pennington will review budget and provide preliminary projected budget.
  • Lehman requests that the Board consider including an International Coordinator position in the budget.
  • Schwallie-Giddis has asked Hoppin to be Board contact for international activities, Suggestion: explore role for Pennington.
  • Question: what do we mean by international activities-CDF, grow other affiliates?
  • Boettger has connections with some former State Department employees who have retired and will explore with them to see if any interest and/or suggestions regarding NCDA international.

 

5.  New Board Orientation (Schwallie-Giddis and Pennington)

Pennington reviews orientation and information handouts and expense reimbursement procedures.

Q & A opportunity.

 

Motion #7

To adjourn the NCDA Board of Directors meeting

Moved by: Boettger

Seconded by: Lehman

Motion passed: 10-0    

 

Meeting adjourns at 2:45 PM CDT.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Kobylarz, NCDA Secretary


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